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Food Chemistry 105 (2007) 619–627
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Received 22 November 2006; received in revised form 6 February 2007; accepted 12 April 2007
Abstract
In the present study, anthocyanin pigments from Syzygium cumini fruit peels were characterized and evaluated for their antioxidant
efficacy, and stability as extract and in formulation. Total anthocyanin content was 216 mg/100 ml of extract which is equivalent to
230 mg/100 g fruit on a dry weight basis. Three anthocyanins were identified as glucoglucosides of delphinidin (1), petunidin (2) and
malvidin (3) by HPLC–ESI–MS. The antioxidant capacity of the extract was tested using models, such as DPPH-scavenging, reducing
power assay, lipid peroxidation in rat brain, liver, liver mitochondria, testes and human erythrocyte ghosts. The extract showed 78.2%
DPPH-scavenging at 2.5 ppm, while BHA exhibited only 41.6% activity at the same concentration, thus proving it to be a more efficient
free radical-scavenger than the widely used BHA. One ppm of the extract was equivalent to 3.5 lM ascorbic acid, as estimated by reduc-
ing power assay. Inhibition of rat brain lipid peroxidation was 94.4% at 5.0 ppm concentration. It was almost equally active in all the
biological models, except human erythrocyte ghost cells, where it showed only 48% inhibition at 5.0 ppm. The extract was quite stable at
0 °C with 11% loss in 4 weeks, while the pigment loss in the antitussive formulation was only 13% at 30 °C at the end of 8 weeks. The high
antioxidant activity and relatively high stability of the pigments make S. cumini a potential source of natural colourant as well as
antioxidants.
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Keywords: Anthocyanins; Indian black plum; Java plum; Delphinidin; Electrospray ionization; Malvidin; Mass spectrometry; Petunidin
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doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.04.022
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reported the presence of cyanidin diglycoside and glyco- 2.3. Extraction of anthocyanins
sides of petunidin and malvidin. Another recent report
on S. cumini Lamarck revealed the presence of malvidin- Anthocyanins were extracted with 0.1% HCl in metha-
3-glucoside and petunidin-3-glucoside in the Brazilian vari- nol (Francis, 1986) by way of soaking the fruit peel in a
ety (Lago, Gomes, & da Silva, 2004). All these studies 10-fold volume of the solvent for 3 h on an orbital shaker
involved preliminary techniques, such as chemical tests, set at 100 rpm (25 °C ± 1). After filtration, the residue
paper chromatography and UV–visible spectrophotome- was repeatedly extracted until the filtrate obtained was
try. HPLC, coupled to ESI–MS, has proved to be a power- nearly colourless. The extracts were combined and concen-
ful tool for the characterization of anthocyanins, involving trated in a Buchi Rotavapor (Flawil, Switzerland) under
minimal sample preparation (Giusti, Rodriguez-Saona, vacuum at 30 °C (±1 °C), and partitioned against ethyl
Griffin, & Wrolstad, 1999), and, with the current availabil- acetate before application onto an Amberlite XAD-7 col-
ity of this technique, proper confirmation of the chemical umn (Andersen, Viksund, & Pedersen, 1995). The column
nature of each anthocyanin is possible. Therefore, the pres- eluate (henceforth referred to as ‘‘extract”) was concen-
ent study aims at the identification of the anthocyanins of trated to 100 ml and the total anthocyanin content was
S. cumini by HPLC, coupled with ESI–MS analysis for the determined by the pH differential method (Lee, Durst, &
first time. Wrolstad, 2005).
In addition to their colourful characteristics, anthocya-
nins are known to possess excellent antioxidant properties 2.4. Quantification of total phenolics in anthocyanin extract
(Kong, Chia, Goh, Chia, & Brouillard, 2003). Anthocya-
nins from different sources have been reported to inhibit Since, this extract may contain other phenolics, in
lipid peroxidation, and platelet aggregation (Ghiselli, Nar- addition to anthocyanins, the total phenolics were deter-
dini, Baldi, & Scaccini, 1998), and possess anti-tumor mined, using the method described by Velioglu, Mazza,
(Kamei, Hashimoto, Koide, Kojima, & Hasegawa, 1998), Gao, and Oomah (1998). An aliquot (25 ll) of the suit-
antimutagenic (Yoshimoto et al., 1999), and hepatoprotec- ably diluted extract was mixed with 225 ll methanol
tive (Obi, Usenu, & Osayande, 1998) properties. Therefore, and 1.0 ml of aqueous Folin-Ciocalteau reagent (0.2 M)
the present study was also focussed on evaluating the anti- and allowed to stand at room temperature (27 °C ±
oxidative properties of the extract through in vitro chemical 0.5 °C) for 5 min. One ml of 6% w/v sodium carbonate
and cellular models. The low stability of anthocyanins at solution was added to the mixture, followed by incuba-
high temperature and light conditions (Furtado, Figueki- tion for 90 min at room temperature and the absorbance
redo, Chaves das Neves, & Pina, 1993) is a limiting factor was measured at 725 nm, using a UV–visible spectropho-
in their application as colorants. Therefore, the present tometer (Shimadzu 160 A, Japan). A calibration curve of
study assesses the stability of the pigment as an aqueous gallic acid was prepared (ranging from 0.001 to
extract and in a formulation under different light and tem- 0.01 mg ml 1). Results were determined from a regression
perature conditions. equation of the calibration curve (y = 0.0945; R2 =
0.9971) and expressed as mg gallic acid equivalents
2. Materials and methods (GAE) per 100 ml of the extract.
Ascorbic acid, a,a-diphenyl-b-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH), Partially purified anthocyanins were separated on What-
butylated hydroxyl anisole (BHA) and trifluoroacetic man No. 3 chromatographic paper. Known volumes of the
acid (TFA) were procured from Sigma-Aldrich (Stein- extract were applied directly to several sheets of paper and
heim, Germany). Acetonitrile and water, used in HPLC descending chromatography was carried out in butanol:
analysis, were of HPLC grade (Merck, Darmstadt, Ger- acetic acid: water (4:1:5). Three distinct, mauve-coloured
many). XAD-7 (Amberlite polymeric adsorbent of 20– bands were eluted with methanol: acetic acid: water
50 mesh) was purchased from Fluka (Germany). Metha- (90:05:05); the eluates collected and concentrated under
nol, butanol, acetic acid and trichloro acetic acid (TCA) reduced pressure in a Buchi Rotavapor at 30 ± 1 °C.
were of analytical grade and were purchased from Qual-
igens, India. All other reagents and chemicals were of 2.6. Analysis of sugars
analytical grade and purchased from Merck (Darmstadt,
Germany). An aliquot of the partially purified anthocyanin extract
was dissolved in 2 ml of 2 N HCl and heated to 100 °C in a
2.2. Plant material screw-capped tube for 90 min. Subsequently, the extract
was cooled and extracted with amyl alcohol. The aqueous
The peels of fully ripe berries obtained from the local layer, containing hydrolysed sugars, was concentrated
market were manually separated and immediately trans- under vacuum and chromatographed on Whatman paper
ferred to solvent for pigment extraction. (Francis, 1986) and also analysed by HPLC–MS.
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2.13. Formulation of salbutamol syrup and determination of Frei, & Wrolstad, 2002). The blue and black berries have
colour stability recently been regarded as premier nutraceutical commodi-
ties of great commercial value. Since, S. cumini trees are
Since, anthocyanins are hydrophilic compounds, they perennial, with enormous yields of berries, the information
can be easily incorporated into syrups, which is one of found through the present study appears to partly comple-
the most accepted form of pharmaceutical formulations. ment its application in various nutraceutical products.
The high antioxidant property of the pigments may confer The analysis of the extract by paper chromatography
additional prophylactic advantage, along with the thera- showed three distinct mauve-coloured bands. The acid
peutic property of the active ingredient in the syrup. Salbu- hydrolysis of the S. cumini extract, followed by paper chro-
tamol syrup (antitussive) was prepared according to matography and ESI–MS, revealed the unique presence of
Howard (1996) and its stability was studied for 8 weeks glucose, thus indicating that glucose may be the only sugar
under light (2000 Lux) and dark conditions at different involved in the formation of these anthocyanin glycosides.
temperatures (20, 30 and 45 °C). Similarly, the stability of No acids were found on alkaline hydrolysis of the anthocy-
the anthocyanin extract in 1% aqueous solution (pH 3.0) anins, thus suggesting the non-acylated nature of the
was monitored for 4 weeks at 0, 10, 20, 30 and 45 °C under anthocyanins.
dark conditions. For the stability studies, the test samples HPLC, coupled to MS, has been a powerful tool for the
(10 ml) were dispensed into screw-capped tubes and stored. characterization of anthocyanins from various sources. A
Each tube was used for one spectral measurement only, so good HPLC separation was achieved by direct injection
as to minimize the contact with oxygen. The stability was of the partially purified extract (Fig. 1). Three major com-
assessed by measuring the remaining pigment using spec- pounds were identified as glucoglucosides of delphinidin
trophotometry at an absorption maximum of 520 nm (Sin- (1), petunidin (2) and malvidin (3), based on previous work
gha, Baugher, Twonsed, & D’souza, 1991). (Venkateswarlu, 1952) and also supported by their respec-
tive MS. The major anthocyanins, corresponding to peak
3. Results and discussion 1, 2 and 3, represented about 23%, 35% and 38%, respec-
tively of the total peak area revealed at 520 nm. ESI–MS
3.1. Composition of each peak resulted in clear and characteristic fragmenta-
tion patterns (Table 1). A typical ESI positive MS shows
The results of spectrophotometric analyses of the extract two ions: the protonated molecular ion [M + H]+ and a
revealed a total phenolic content (inclusive of anthocya- fragment ion [M + H X]+ arising from loss of the sugar
nins) of 560 mg GAE/100 ml and an anthocyanin content moiety. However, since the anthocyanins have a natural
of 216 mg/100 ml, the latter being equivalent to 230 mg/ residual positive charge, one observes a true molecular
100 g fruit on a dry weight basis. Thus, the total anthocy- ion [M]+ and a fragment ion [M X]+ which is of the
anins in S. cumini are equivalent to blue berries and black underivatised aglycone. The value of X, based on the differ-
currants that contain 230 and 229 mg/100 g, on a dry ence between the molecular ion and fragment, gives a clue
weight basis, respectively and are 1.6-times higher than that to the nature of the sugar molecule (Abdel-Aal, Young, &
of black berries (141 mg/100 g) (Moyer, Hummer, Finn, Rabalski, 2006). The compound 1 produced ions at m/z
Fig. 1. HPLC separation of anthocyanins of S. cumini. (1) delphinidin-diglucoside; (2) petunidin-diglucoside and (3) malvidin-diglucoside. Detection was
done at 520 nm. Other conditions are explained under the Section ‘Materials and methods’.
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Table 1
Assignment of M+ ions for the anthocyanins and their fragments
Compound Retention time (min) ESI(+)–MS/MS m/z
M+ [M+–Glu]+ [M+–Glu–Glu]+
Delphinidin-diglucoside 11.2 627 (100) 465 (40) 303 (100)
Petunidin-diglucoside 15.6 641 (90) 479 (50) 317 (100)
Malvidin-diglucoside 19.8 655 (90) 493 (50) 331 (100)
Values in parentheses represent the relative abundance of the ions.
627, m/z 465 and m/z 303. Similarly, compound 2 showed Fig. 2a–c). This suggests that the aglycones are delphinidin
ions at m/z 641, m/z 479 and m/z 317 and compound 3 pro- (m/z 303), petunidin (m/z 317) and malvidin (m/z 331) for
duced ions at m/z 627, m/z 493 and m/z 331 (Table 1 and compounds 1, 2 and 3, respectively and the differences of
m/z 162 and m/z 321 from the aglycone in the two frag-
ments (in all three compounds) suggest the presence of 2
303.13 627.32 hexoses. The mass spectrum of these compounds revealed
a 100 fragments resulting from the sequential loss of two glucose
627.40
[M+ 162 Da] molecules. However, since both the sugar
303.18 units are glucose (confirmed by paper chromatography of
the acid hydrolysate in comparison with the authentic stan-
dards), it is not possible to determine the sequence of their
%
19.30
1.5e-1
1.4e-1
1.3e-1
1.2e-1
1.1e-1
1.0e-1
9.0e-2
AU
8.0e-2
7.0e-2
6.0e-2
5.0e-2
4.0e-2 9.30
3.0e-2
3.38 18.43 19.93
2.0e-2 5.20
1.0e-2
0.0 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 26.00
Time
20.42
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0
2.8
2.6
AU
2.4
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.6 22.27
1.4
1.2
1.0 18.63
8.0e-1 9.10 21.68
6.0e-1 15.4316.68 19.40 24.17 25.40
4.0e-1
2.0e-1
0.0 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 26.00
Time
Fig. 3. LC/MS chromatograms of (a) anthocyanin extract and (b) ethyl acetate fraction of anthocyanin extract. Chromatograms were recorded at 280 nm.
Table 2
Antioxidant activity of anthocyanin-rich extract of S. cumini fruit peela
Conc. (ppm) % DPPH-scavenging activity Reducing powerb % Protection against lipid peroxidation
Brain Liver Testes LMc EGd
0.5 27.0 ± 1.71 2.16 ± 0.72 68.3 ± 0.22 26.1 ± 1.55 25.8 ± 1.65 25.5 ± 1.57 5.86 ± 0.02
1 46.8 ± 0.72 3.50 ± 0.21 71.2 ± 2.31 57.4 ± 1.08 43.2 ± 0.33 44.1 ± 0.85 32.4 ± 0.65
1.5 62.4 ± 1.02 5.86 ± 0.72 73.6 ± 1.25 62.6 ± 1.23 50.1 ± 0.98 67.1 ± 1.23 35.2 ± 1.68
2.0 71.4 ± 0.85 8.05 ± 1.05 74.7 ± 1.54 67.2 ± 0.98 56.7 ± 1.65 70.5 ± 1.66 38.8 ± 2.03
2.5 78.2 ± 1.03 9.72 ± 0.72 86.7 ± 1.80 70.0 ± 1.55 63.4 ± 2.02 72.8 ± 2.56 40.8 ± 1.65
5.0 – – 94.5 ± 0.11 83.3 ± 1.33 72.3 ± 2.65 86.3 ± 2.05 48.6 ± 1.23
a
Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3).
b
Reducing power is expressed as lM ascorbic acid equivalents.
c
Liver mitochondria.
d
Erythrocyte ghost cells.
(Amarowics, Pegg, Rahimi-Moghaddam, Barl, & Weil, peel extract offers the same effect at concentrations as low
2004). In the present study, the pigment extract quenched as 1.39 lg/ml suggesting that the drying and heating pro-
the DPPH in a dose-dependent manner. At 2.5 ppm, the cess might lead to the loss of thermolabile bioactive sub-
activity of the extract was 78.2%, while BHA exhibited only stances e.g. anthocyanins and other polyphenols.
41.6% activity (data not shown) at the same concentration The reduction capacity of the extracts is directly propor-
(Table 2), thus proving the extract to be a potent free rad- tional to the green/blue colour produced, due to the reduc-
ical-scavenger than the widely used BHA. A recent study tion of Fe3+/ferricyanide complex to the ferrous (Fe2+)
has reported a 50% DPPH-scavenging with 168 lg/ml of form. The Fe2+ can be monitored by measuring the forma-
the hot aqueous infusion prepared from fruit peels of S. tion of Perl’s Prussian blue at 700 nm (Gulcin, 2005). The
cumini dried for 7 days (Banerjee, Dasgupta, & De, Fe3+–Fe2+ transformation, in the presence of the extracts,
2005). However, our study establishes that the fresh fruit increased with increase in concentration of the extracts.
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One ppm of the extract was equivalent to 3.5 lM of ascorbic peel was stored for 6 months (Banerjee et al., 2005). The
acid in bringing about Fe3+–Fe2+ transformation (Table 2). lower efficacy in the latter study is probably due to the loss
This again proves the superiority of the anthocyanin-rich of anthocyanins during heat processing. Through the pres-
extract of S. cumini over the traditional antioxidants. ent study, it has been clearly established that the fresh peel
The introduction of phenolic compounds into the lipid- extract of S. cumini is a powerful antioxidant that can find
rich bio-membranes effectively inhibits the lipid oxidation various food applications.
caused by the chain-propagating lipid peroxyl radicals Stability of a coloured compound is very important in
and ferrous generating enzymatic systems present on them retaining the appearance of the product in which it is incor-
(Pazos, Lois, Torres, & Medina, 2006). Anthocyanins from porated and hence the customer acceptance, as well as the
various sources, being polyphenolic in nature, are known bio-efficacy. Naturally occurring colorants, such as antho-
to cause similar effects against various oxidative reactions cyanins from black carrot, grape, red cabbage, are now fre-
(Kong et al., 2003; Cooke, Steward, Gescher, & Marczylo, quently used in foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals due to their
2005). In the present study, the S. cumini extract was tested
for its ability to inhibit the iron-induced lipid peroxidation
in rat brain, liver, liver mitochondria, testes and human a 50
erythrocyte ghost cells. The data (Table 2) indicated that
the pigment extract was most effective (94%) against brain 40
% Color loss
lipid peroxidation at 5.0 ppm compared with rat liver
30
(83%), mitochondria (86%) and testes (72%), erythrocyte
ghost cells (48%) being least responsive to anthocyanin 20
treatment. This could possibly be due to the involvement
of a different mechanism in erythrocyte membranes, which 10
may act as barriers to large molecules. From the data, it
can also be observed that the EC50 of the extract was less 0
than 0.5 ppm for brain homogenate while it was more than 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56
5.0 ppm for erythrocytes. The homogenates of liver and Time (Days)
liver mitochondria were almost equally protected against Light Dark
peroxidation by the anthocyanin extract, indicating a pos-
sible similarity in the mechanism involved (Table 2). BHA b 50
showed approximately 80% activity against all the systems 40
% Color loss
40
% Color loss
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
0 10 20 30
7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56
Time (Days)
Time (Days)
0 °C 10 °C 20 ° C Light Dark
30 °C 45 ° C
Fig. 5. Loss of colour in the salbutamol formulation when stored at (a)
Fig. 4. Stability of anthocyanin-rich extract of S. cumini fruit peel. 20 °C; (b) 30 °C and (c) 45 °C under light (2000 Lux) and dark conditions.
Aqueous solution (1%) of the extract (pH 3.0) were stored in screw-capped The formulation was stored in screw-capped vials. Samples from two of
vials. Samples from two of the vials were taken afresh every week and the vials were taken afresh every week and absorbance measured at
absorbance measured at 520 nm. 520 nm.
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